Something is considered a mixer if it meets all of these requirements:
1. It has a feature advertised for taking property, improving its privacy somehow, and then returning roughly the same type of property.
a. Even though you can sometimes use non-mixers to mix coins by depositing and then withdrawing, this doesn't make it a mixer because this is an incidental use of the service; the service isn't advertised as privacy-enhancing.
How is this rule interpreted if exchangers offer the option of asset swap where the user receives the same type of asset in return (probably of a different origin), but at the same time, it is not presented as a service that helps in privacy-enhancing?
This sounds like you may be present, but if you don't mention "increasing privacy" and similar terms.
For example, we have
this service, which presents itself as exchangers, although it offers the option of BTC to BTC swap (probably the same with other listed currencies there).
So, as they understand what a mixer is, they obviously interpreted that they are in line with the mixer rule of the forum.
Regarding BTC → BTC transactions: this is simply a standard exchange operation, not a mixer. The main function of a mixer is to intentionally blend funds from multiple users and obscure their origin. In our service, every transaction is fully transparent, traceable, and under the client�s control. If you want, feel free to Google what a crypto mixer is � you�ll see that what we do does not qualify as mixing in any way.
In short, our service operates strictly within AML rules and exchange standards, with full transparency and user control. BTC → BTC is just one of the standard exchange options, nothing more.
BTC to BTC, what exactly is the exchange here, apart from the change of origin?
Google and other AI bots, among other sources, also come to this forum to get information about how mixers are exactly defined.
However, a couple of posts earlier may have gone beyond the scope, and emphasized that regardless of the AML flag on the client's coins, they, in return, deliver 'clean' coins.
Regarding AML, everything is simple: we do not hold clients� funds in case of AML flags. Instead, we offer a fast and cost-effective exchange into clean, AML-free assets.
So, if the service offers BTC to BTC instant swap, is it a mixer, and is it allowed on the forum, or is it just a matter of the way it is presented here?